When we first married, we didn’t own a tv. We mooched off our landlords who lived next door. When we had our first child, we didn’t own a tv. We just lived without it. But, somewhere after the birth of our second child and a move to the boondocks where there wasn’t much to do after dark, we decided that a tv might not be so bad.

Well, my mother-in-law decided to give us one. It was a small 14-inch screen with an attached video player. We had no movies to watch besides our wedding video, so Gramma Ruthie and I cruised down to the Christian book store and she bought us Lyle the Kindly Viking.

And we were hooked. Our kids have loved Bob the Tomato and Larry the Cucumber for years. And we parents agree. While the remakes of Bible stories are not my favorite, I absolutely love the poetic license Big Idea has taken with historical and pop culture icons. Minnesota Cuke, Lyle the Kindly Viking, and The Lord of the Beans appeal to this pun-loving family.

My littles (my 7 and under set) don’t have all the Veggie experience that my bigger kids do; our video player has since bit the dust. But, slowly they’re getting the chance to watch different Veggie Tales on DVD. Recently, we received a review copy of Robin Good and His Not-So-Merry Men.

A play on the Robin Hood legend, this story talks about sadness and hurt and how NO hurt is too big for God. It’s silly and fun and full of godly talking points. And it’s a mus-i-cal!

I had a great time watching this video with the kiddos this weekend. My younger children listen to these lessons of kindness and really take it to heart. I’m always amazed at the conversations that are sparked after they watch one of these videos.

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Comments

My kids grew up with Bob and Larry, too. Now as young adults, they still use catch phrases from the movies as inside jokes. If you like the movies, I highly recommend Phil Vischer’s book “Me, Myself, and Bob: A True Story About God, Dreams, and Talking Vegetables”. I thought it was an inspiring read.

“And it’s a mus-i-cal!” I totally just sang that line out loud! I am really excited to see this new movie! I understand your resistance to the biblical ones, it can make it a bit confusing when explaining the real story. But overall, we really enjoy the Veggie Tales videos!

Ohmygosh I really hope I win this. We all (from 5 to 42 years old) love these dudes. Hands down favorite is the Christmas St. Nicholas story and the little St. Patrick’s day flannelgraph sketch. As another reader said, we use lines from the movies all the time. “No soccer balls in church!” anyone???

We had Veggie Tale movies before we had kids. My husband’s dream job for a number of years has been to someday work at Big Idea.

I actually like the Bible stories better than I like the pop culture ones. The Ballad of Little Joe (“Desperados! Why don’t you come to your senses?!?” – quoting the Eagles’ song), Dave and the Giant Pickle (“There’s cheese in the crust! That’s tremendous!”), Esther (“Are you sure it’s not Tito? I thought it was Tito.”). I’m glad they make both.

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